My wife works with a woman who was on that ship the cruise before. Apparently there was an engine problem and they limped into port half a day late. We were on that ship back in September and had a good time. It was dated looking, but we didn't have any problems.

If things are so bad aboard ship why hasn't the President sent the Coast Guard to evacuate the passangers. Oh!! wait since Obama sold the Coast guard to BP for a $100,000.00 it is now the responsibility of BPs CO to take care of that.

Huh?

Did I miss something or is this just the usual crazy we've come to expect from the right?

While I don't think there is anything he could personally do at the exact moment to help, you would think that a company with that many cruise ships would have a better plan of action for situations like this.

Gilligann:So i'm reading the comments and one in particular stood out.

If things are so bad aboard ship why hasn't the President sent the Coast Guard to evacuate the passangers. Oh!! wait since Obama sold the Coast guard to BP for a $100,000.00 it is now the responsibility of BPs CO to take care of that.

Huh?

Did I miss something or is this just the usual crazy we've come to expect from the right?

A persual of the usual conspiracy sites didn't find that exact brand of crazy. But I did find an article where the Coast Guard was allegedly working hand-in-hand with BP to keep journalists away from Deepwater Horizon, so maybe at was an attempt at clever shorthand that sounded more like a fat pile of stupid.

For a PR aspect you should be lying low, or ideally down at Alabama to personally ensure the passengers are taken care of when you land. Of course in reality the drones will do the work and you'll just sit in the nicest hotel suite and booze.

Popcorn Johnny:I dunno, I think it's kind of bad form to be out enjoying yourself while one of your ships is floating around the ocean and there's a media shiatstorm about it. Dude should have stayed home.

Every President we've had has vacationed in the middle of one shiatstorm or another. No difference.

basemetal:Meh, those cruises just don't look like a great get away in the first place. Crammed all into a boat with thousands of people just does not appeal to me.

/and then there are things like this

SOOOOO this. I wanted to get away for awhile, thought about flying to some city in some country I'd never been to to hang out for a few days (my typical vacation). My cruise enthusiast friends/family (read: evil people who hate me) talked me into taking a cruise."it's AMAZING! And you get to go to a lot of countries instead of just one!"

Almost flew home in the third port. There's just SO MANY PEOPLE and you're stuck around them all the time. And the ports suck donkeyballs, too. Oh, look, another Margaritaville, Harley Shop, Hard Rock, and dozens of jewelry shops! Belize is so incredible!!!

Screw cruises and the dipshiat "travelers" aboard them.

/yes, even you. You who is reading this confused, saying "but WE got away from the touristy stuff and took a Cruise sponsored trip to the REAL part of (insert country dependent on US tourism dollars) ." Go back to your stateroom and STFU.//soapbox, on it.///not sure what goes on this line here.

robohobo:Every President we've had has vacationed in the middle of one shiatstorm or another. No difference.

If there was a crippled aircraft carrier floating around the Pacific, you wouldn't see Obama or any other president going to a sporting event. Not that they're capable of doing anything to resolve the situation, but it's still bad juju to be out like that during a crisis.